Sale 6683
London
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9 October 2002
Price realised
GBP 3,585
Estimate
Pablo Picasso Mise en Scène de La Célestine: Le Gentilhomme est entraîné vers le Bouge, from Series 347 (B. 1565; Ba. 1581Bb1) etching, 1968, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered 22/50 (there were also seventeen artist's proofs), published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1969, with full margins, some pale mount-staining, a small skinned area at the reverse sheet corners due to removal of old tape, otherwise generally in very good condition P. 295 x 348mm., S. 450 x 522mm.
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